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(11) EP 0 465 149 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/02

(21) Application number: 91305866.5

(22) Date of filing: 28.06.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G06F 9/44
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 06.07.1990 JP 177418/90

(71) Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kawashima, Yasumasa
    Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki 316 (JP)
  • Nonaka, Shiro
    Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki 316 (JP)
  • Tokumasu, Shinji
    Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki 316 (JP)
  • Ishikawa, Takayuki
    Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki 316 (JP)
  • Odamura, Motomi
    Katsuta-shi, Ibaraki 312 (JP)

(74) Representative: Calderbank, Thomas Roger et al
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP
London WC2B 6HP (GB)


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    (54) Data editing method and apparatus therefor


    (57) To edit data, a plurality of automatic processes are defined. Icons (104) representing those processes may be displayed in a library frame (102) of a display of the data editing system. The user may then select one or more of those processes by moving the corresponding icon (104) from the library frame to an editing frame (100) which also displays an image (101) representing the data to be edited. When the user edits the data, the or each selected automatic process monitors the relationships between the data, the corresponding icon (104) giving a visual indication of the status of the automatic process. Preferably the progress of the automatic process is indicated by changes in the appearance of the corresponding icon (104). A generation frame (103) may be provided on the display so that the user can generate new processes, represented by a corresponding icon (104), which icon (104) may then be moved to the library frame (102) or the editing frame (100). Icons (104) may be grouped to permit simultaneous selection of a group of corresponding automatic processes.






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